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11 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 83Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumThe result is an unabashedly home-cooked homage to New York eccentricity.
- 80The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood ReporterA rare, hilarious and ultimately touching look at the kind of American iconoclast that barely exists anymore.
- 75TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghShopsin is a small piece of New York history, and Mahurin's film is the portrait he deserves: small, noisy and oddly engaging beneath the bluster.
- 75New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickUsing a hand-held microphone, Mahurin captures the burly, middle-age, salty-tongued cook philosophizing nonstop as he individually prepares mouth-watering high-cholesterol meals from a 900-item menu over a stove he has put together himself.
- 75New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanAnyone who laments the loss of an older, grittier New York ought to adore this affectionate portrait of Greenwich Village restaurant owner Kenny Shopsin.
- 70Chicago ReaderAndrea GronvallChicago ReaderAndrea GronvallThis quirky 2004 documentary ends with the Shopsins' forced relocation after 32 years, an uprooting made all the more poignant by Eve's death during filming.
- 70VarietyDavid RooneyVarietyDavid RooneyCharming character study.
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceA curiously tasty dish, one that could leave even a vegan with a burning desire to sample Shopsin's lamb chops.
- 60Film ThreatFilm ThreatI was desperate to eat at Shopsin's by the end.
- 50The New York TimesManohla DargisThe New York TimesManohla DargisMr. Mahurin is obviously enchanted by his subject, but he never gets past his delight to say anything of real, sustaining interest.